Chickwolnepy Stream, also called Chickwollopy, is a

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in northern

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in the

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. It is a tributary of the

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, which flows south and east into

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, joining the

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near the

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Etymology

There are two names in local usage for the stream, Chickwollopy and Chickwolnepy, the latter of which is the official name. Both names derive from the Arosaguntacook dialect of the

Abenaki The Abenaki ( Abenaki: ''Wαpánahki'') are an Indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands of Canada and the United States. They are an Algonquian-speaking people and part of the Wabanaki Confederacy. The Eastern Abenaki language was pre ...

language. "Chickwollopy" coming from the words ''chegual'' and ''aki'', thus meaning "frog place" or "land where frogs dwell". "Chickwolnepy" comes from the words ''chegual'' and ''nebe'' meaning "frog pond", a reference to it being the only brook in the area rising from a pond.

Description

Chickwolnepy Stream rises at the outlet of

Success Pond Success Pond is a water body located in Coos County in northern New Hampshire, United States, in the township of Success. Water from the pond flows west via Chickwolnepy Stream to the Androscoggin River. There are a number of summer houses, cott ...

in the township of Success, New Hampshire. The stream flows generally west to the Androscoggin River in the town of

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, passing briefly through the township of

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. The stream passes Cambridge Black Mountain and Bald Mountain, staying in a wooded valley where logging is prevalent.

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Rivers of New Hampshire Rivers of Coös County, New Hampshire New Hampshire placenames of Native American origin {{NewHampshire-river-stub

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